From the chapter on gentleness in da'wah, some callers to Islam say: "I am more deficient than you, so the ignorant think that is the case, and then they are afflicted with deficiency."
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The student: From the chapter on gentleness in the caller to Islam, he says: "I am more deficient than you, so the ignorant think that is the case, and they say: We are even more so, and then what befalls them befalls them?"
The Shaykh : In any case, a person should look at the benefit of this statement, or else 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) said it in his last sermon: "I say this to you, and I do not know anyone who has more deficiency, or he said more sins, than I do". In reality, it may be encouraging, or it may be discouraging. Someone might say: If this calling, worshipping man is deficient, what about us? So let us roll up our sleeves and work hard. It may be, as I said, a double-edged sword. So a person should look at the benefit. Sometimes a person says something like this because he fears arrogance for himself.
The Shaykh : In any case, a person should look at the benefit of this statement, or else 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) said it in his last sermon: "I say this to you, and I do not know anyone who has more deficiency, or he said more sins, than I do". In reality, it may be encouraging, or it may be discouraging. Someone might say: If this calling, worshipping man is deficient, what about us? So let us roll up our sleeves and work hard. It may be, as I said, a double-edged sword. So a person should look at the benefit. Sometimes a person says something like this because he fears arrogance for himself.